there's been always cool diecast 1930s cars that I've been bidding on on eBay but the bids keep getting too high so this morning I decided to build a WWG car I didn't like the idea because at the end of a long gaming night you're throwing everything quickly in a box and things get easily smashed I figured out a way to keep my inside prop safe ( project soon to be revealed) but things like cars won't fit so I decided if I could see if I could build a car that could take some punishment.

I'm not completely happy with the results but I thought I would publish it and get some feedback and any ideas that others had on not only making it more durable but more realistic. I added some hubcaps and grills using aluminum foil doesn't look bad at a distance. Would love to hear any insights and ideas.

I remember, when I was a kid, visiting a professional model maker who used a self expanding foam to provide rigidity and strength to the inside of models. It was a mix of two chemicals that started as a thick slightly spongy liquid and quickly expanded into a light foam which then set rigid. The whole process took maybe 4-5 minutes. The foam was very liquid as it expanded so it reached into the corners without distorting the model and any surplus just flowed out the top and got cut off once it had set.

Something like that would be ideal for those cars. Just mix a bit, pour into the inverted body of the car, trim off the excess once it's set, and voila! one robust model.

Anyone have any idea about what the foam was made of?

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I remember, when I was a kid, visiting a professional model maker who used a self expanding foam to provide rigidity and strength to the inside of models. It was a mix of two chemicals that started as a thick slightly spongy liquid and quickly expanded into a light foam which then set rigid. The whole process took maybe 4-5 minutes. The foam was very liquid as it expanded so it reached into the corners without distorting the model and any surplus just flowed out the top and got cut off once it had set.

Something like that would be ideal for those cars. Just mix a bit, pour into the inverted body of the car, trim off the excess once it's set, and voila! one robust model.

Anyone have any idea about what the foam was made of?

sounds very interesting, there was small amount of distortion from the hot glue my thought to print on a label paper and put that on a thicker card stock. But if there was a material designed to backfill card stock models that would be perfect.

No I've tried insulation foam on several projects in the past and the stuff just keeps expanding and makes quite a mess. evidently the stuff that was referred to was the same process but much gentler and slower. The hot glue makes a nice heavy car. Most of my other props I have a solid piece of foam board as the support in the center and usually a magnet on its base are back stick to the wall or floor of my set.

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